Twins born in separate years

And other stories from the stranger side of life

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A US couple has welcomed twins who were born not only on different days, but in different years. Ezra Humphrey was born at 11:48pm on 31 December at a hospital in Voorhees, but his fraternal twin Ezekiel emerged at 12:28am on 1 January. Their father, Billy Humphrey, wrote on Instagram that his newborn sons are "so special, they couldn't even share being born in the same year."

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A "rare, early medieval cemetery" has been discovered in Wales and has left archaeologists "scratching their heads", said the BBC. The site, which is thought to date to the 6th or 7th Century, includes "well preserved skeletons" that have been "found lying in unusual positions", said the broadcaster. Unexpected artefacts are also emerging from the site. "What exactly is going on?" wondered Tudur Davies, from the University of Cardiff.

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Chas Newkey-Burden has been part of The Week Digital team for more than a decade and a journalist for 25 years, starting out on the irreverent football weekly 90 Minutes, before moving to lifestyle magazines Loaded and Attitude. He was a columnist for The Big Issue and landed a world exclusive with David Beckham that became the weekly magazine’s bestselling issue. He now writes regularly for The Guardian, The Telegraph, The Independent, Metro, FourFourTwo and the i new site. He is also the author of a number of non-fiction books.